davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1887-11-12

On the nigh: of Saturday last, the hunt
ing stud of Captain Steel, of Ciohslli',
COUNTY Dublin, consisting OF thirty-elght
horses, was poisoned. The animals were
ted ~ usual on Saturday night, but on
the following molning one of them was
discovered dead, and the rest evidently
suffering severely. Though skilled Vtte'
rinary-surgeOns were at once summoned, 1t
proved Impossible 10 rescue the greater
bart OF The stud. Already seventeen OF
the poisoned hOrScS-S0me OF very great
yAlue-have died in fearful agOnleS, While
others are reported to be III a condition
from which they are not likely to recover.
A portion of the food left by the horses,
and found on Sunday morning, when Civ.
en- to Il fowl at once proved fatai. IL is
assumed that the poison was mixed IN a
bollrr from which the horses were fed. In
the neighbourhOOd of ClOnSilla it Is re
gartlrd as almost certain that the poison
ing was an outrage committed 10y some
person desiring to injure Captain Steed.
The inhumam cruelty Of such a wholesale
poisoning would, however, in amy coun-
try but ireland be a strong argument III
favour of regarding the occurrence as due
To some accidental cause. In Ireland, un-
fortunately, the trightful caIlOusnesN shown
towards the SutferlngS of animals tprlIdS
such an argument. 1t may OF course, turn
out that, after all, it was some c0rrOSiOn
of the boiler that poisoned the braIl.maSh;
but among a population where the mutIla-
tiOn and burning of cattle are so common
the NationallstS can hardly complain if
the poisoning is not, until proof Is pro-
duced, regarded as an accident.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
Diversified industries.

The acme Of prosperity is attained
in any section, or country only when,
every resource is developed to its
highest limits. We concede TO the
tobacco trade its immense advantages.
More; for years to come it will be the
main stay OF Clarksville's commercial
prosperity. II is nucleus OF three
and half million dollars, which, en-
lists in its traffic the very highest order
Of commercial ability. II makes OF our
city, the great interchange mart be-
tween producer and buyer. 1t brings
IN direct contact, not only the farmers
of our own section, but ultimately Of
all western Kentucky and Tennessee
with the agents who purchase for the
tobacco using nations OF the world.
Not one word, then OF detraction from
the we'll earned prominence Of our
tobacco trade.
In districts Nos. 16, 1S, 10 and 20
on the South Side are rich deposits OF
iron ore. These ores equal IN richness
OF metal any contiguous to Birming-
ham, Sheffield, Decatur or Florence.
Save Birmingham they are more acces-
sible.
Upon good authority, we state that
the L., & N. r. r. Company will put
under construction at once, road to
Dixon Station, provided, responsible
corporation will guarantee the build
ing of a Forty Ton Furnace at Clarks-
vile. II Nashville can make iron AZ
miles from her ore supply. II Pitts
burg can transport ore from the far
off banks Of Lake Superior. II Phil
adelphia can freight her supplies 5000
miles from the coast OF Spain. Why
can not GAINESVILLE in Is miles OF the
rich Hematie fields Of the South Side
succeed?
The croaker would interpose with,
"Oh, your rich deposits are only peck.
ets." The Cumberland Furnace il
now being operated on stock dug from
a bank opened and worked by Mont
gomery Bell in 1914. "How is that fol
a pocket"
ooh, but your Kentucky coal won
COKE" 1t is a demonstrated fact, tina
when crushed, and the sulphur elimin
ated by cheap process, it is superio
for coking purposes surprising tb'
Alabama coal. Admitting that thu
Kentucky coal will not coke. Hav'
we no: a charcoal method =? Can't we Sc
cure wood as cheap, or cheaper thar
Nashville? By the Pierce's patent 0
oven distillation have we not an in
dustry offered greater than the cokinl
OF bituminous coal?
GAINESVILLE capital is already beinl
invested :in Sheffield and Florenc'
stock. 1t will take hundred Thousand
dolltesto build the plant. How mucl
will you give ais the rub ?" The L.
& N. the ''Barkis is willing" Now o
or never. OLD MAN.
Jan. Goth, '87.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

Among the Jail celebrities whom we
have designated as "the forty thieves"
we do not class the gentleman from
Kentucky, Joe Hayden, the "Trusty."
Joe is not guilty of tragedy, nor bad
spelling, nor writing spring poetry.
Joe has not, like Cassius, "a lean and
hungry look, " nor does he sigh for free
dom as 'the hart panteth for the
water-brook," nor as a temperance
crusader panteth for drink after long
lecture. Neither has Joe permitted the
under-pinning of his moral tabernacle to
be shaken by the attacks OF any "iemale
of his sex" No, he is not that kind of
a Joseph. His ENHANCEMENT was not
of a poetic nature-he is charged with
becoming entangled in the embraces OF
a wheelbarrow owned by gentleman
in this city-and hence Joe is incarce-
rated, impounded, "cabined, cribbed,
confined" within the chilled-iron draw.
room OF Jailer Rollow. The State
charges Joe with catching on to the
wheelbarrow, while Joe is impressed
with consciousness of the fact that the
wheelbarrow caught onto him, and
chung to him. We could bring cloud
of witnesses to prove that it is custom
among all wheelbarrows-when you
run against them at night-to rise up
and let you fall over them and then
they in turn fall over you as soon as you
attempt to rise. They can strike man
in more places and harder than any
machine ever invented, and if Joe ego
away with" that wheelborrow at all, the
wheelbarrow is the man who ought tC
be put in Jail for lying in wait and fall
ing upon free voter whose untutoret
mind never suspected danger from sucf
a source. Sustained by a cheerful
philosophy Joe can say:
"Ifhe who on the field is slain
Be on the bed of honor lain,
Then he that's captured may be said
TO lie in honor's trundle-bed."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

Audited and found correct:
JNo. w. FAXoN,
G. M. BARKER,
Auditing Committee.
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen,
City Of CarkSuilIe, Tenn.!'
/ have the pleasure of submitting
my semi-annual financial report. The
distribution of the school fund by the
county trustee was considerably less
than at the same period of last year,
in consequence of the delay in collec-
ton of taxes, hence the necessity for
demand loans. Presuming that the
school fund will be the same IS the
year previous, it will be sufficient to
defray the expenses for the completion
of the scholastic sessi n. Our public
schools are in fine condition. In the
general course of studies Supt. j. w.
Graham has skilfully simplifed for
mer methods, gaining much valuable
time. Superintendent and teachers
WELD a most wholesome influence
over the pupils. Perfect discipline is
observed and a spirit of cooperation
prevails everywhere. To unable us to
maintain the present status of our pub
lie schools, which are equal to any in
the State, no pecuniary sacrifice should
be considered too great. Good schools
constitute the greatest blessing that
comes to any community.
Pardon me if / express the belief that
authorities and people will respond
with alacr!ty when formal demand
shall be laid before you for increased
school accommodation for the children
OF the town.
Very respectfully,
LEOPOLD BLOCH.
Sec. and Treas. Board OF Education
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
CITY COUNCIL.
Election Of oifoers-The Electric Light
Elected.

Thursday night the Board reelected
Policemen Matt Carkuff, ii. Holleman,
Alex Stafford and Pat Ginley. Carkuii
was reelected chief. @. II, Bailey, re-
corder, j. West, City Attorney, r.
II. Williams, City Marshal, Dune Moore,
Bridge-keeper, j. F. Rutherford, Gene.
tery-keeper, Joe FARRELL, Engineer Of
Fire Department, and T, II. jackson,
Market-master, were all reelected.
w. e. Beach was elected treasurer.
The proposition OF the Electric Light
Company TO furnish twenty-five, 2,0OC
candle-power lights for 81 200 per year
was accepted and the result was greeted
with applause by the audience.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

A fine March of medium difficulty
and as we'll adapted for the piano as for
organ is the Knights of Labor Grand
March by J. YIN. It should not sur
prise us if in short time this March
would be whistled on the streets as is
generally the case with captivating
melodies that please the public at large
Price Octs., duets so cts. Ign. Fischer,
Publisher, Toledo, o.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
Address Registered Letters 70
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La

REMEMBER Tass ss sS Of fs1
ly, who are In charge of the drawings, is a
guarantee ofabsolute fairness and Integrity.
that the chances arc all equal and that no one
can possibly divine what number will draw
prize. All parties therefore advertising To
guarantee Prizes In this Lottery, OF holding
out any other impossible inducements, are
swindlers, and only aim 20 deceive and de.
fraud the unwary
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
GAINESVILLE Tobacco Market,

CLARKsvILLE, Tenn, Feb. LIST. 1887.
Receipts to date Sl4 Hhds Sales for the
week ending to-day 1888 Hhds to date 1896
Hhds. Stock on hand this date 1924 Hhds
Old Leaf seems to be a shade easier than last
week, while old Tugs are unQuestionably
stronger. Wenotice that new Tugs sell near
er the inside figures, and old Tugs nearer the
outside figures of our quotations; while the
reverse of this remark applies to the leaf
grades. We quote.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

IF you have had little "tiff'' with
your best girl, young man, 60 up and sit
to MacCormac for one OF those mimi
table porcelain pictures he is making,
and when you send it to her inst see il
it don't straighten things up all right.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
Aaverslssa Letters.

The following list OF letters remain
uncalled for in the Clarksville, Tenn,
post-ofiice up to Saturday, Jan. 5,
1887. II not called for within thirty
days they will be sent to the "dead
letter" Office at Washington.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
Sales Reported Since Our Last Issue.
Grange Warehouse.

HERNDoN, HALLUMs & Co., of the Grange
Warehouse sold for the week ending February
8, 1887, 234 hogsheads. as follows:
h0 Hopghpads Naw aaf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

TOWNSHIPS Corn Salve is warranted
to cure. For sale by Owen & Moore.
Nov. 10, 5m.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
LIST OF PRIZES,

2,l79 Prizes amounting to.--..... ......-$5S5 600
Application for rates to clubs should be
New Orleans.
For furtherinformation write clearly giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchange In
ordinary letter. Currency by Express lat our
expense) addressed
N. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
or NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
washington. ID. @.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
New Goods.

New Preserves, Jams and Jellies in
five pounds buckets, also retail them by
the pound.
- KEEsEE & NoRTHINGToN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
Semi-Annual Financial Report Of thu
GAINESVILLE Public Schools.
RECEIPTS.

KkCEIPTSs
1886.
July q To balance on hand ..........S 1Ol 80
TO cash from city appropriation ........ 1856 II
To cash from State and county ............ 1856 40
To cash from city 1000 co
To cash from tuition outside district. ia so
To cash bills payable Farmers & Mer-
chants National Bank.."............... 1886 90
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

This is the season to buy the
baby new buggy. You will find one
to suit you at G. d. & G. H. Bailevs.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

Peoples Warehouse.
HANCOCK, FRASER q RAGsDALE, 1.-THE Peo-
pies Warehouse, sold for the week ending
February 8, 1887, 81 hogsheads as follow:
II Hogsheads Old Leaf
8 80, 8 so. 8 rs, 8 50, 4 90, rs, 90, 3 so
10, 90, so, 80.
4Hogsheads Old Lugs.
2 10, 20, 2 I, so.
l Hogshead New LEST, 8 90.
4Hogsheads New Lugs.
50, l so, 40, 80.
GAINESVILLE Tobacco Warehouse.
ADAM, GILL 4 Co., of the Clarksville To-
bacco Warehouse sold for the week ending
February 8, 1887, ID Hogsheads as follows:
9Hogsheads New Leaf.
20, s 90. 4 60, 4 80, 5 90, 4 so, 50, 8 so
Hogsheads New Lugs.
so, 2 20, y, 40.
We can't expect to realize full value for to-
bacco so long as short and lug tobacco are
worked Ia the lowers and siS =, we would re-
specially request that each and every one,
who wants TO realize the top figures, not TO
mix their tobaccos In the above manner in
prizing, but put it mp from top TO bottom and
from side TO side alike.
ADAM, GILL & Co.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
u 1ve. Half 4 million Dis!.hshdI
Louisiana State Lottery Co

Incorporated in 1868 for rs years by the Leg
islature for Educational and Charitable pur-
poses-with capital ofSl 900, 000-to which a
reserve fund OF over $55O,000 has since been
added.
By an overwhelming popular vote Its fran
chise was made part OF the present State
Constitution adopted December I'd A. D., 1879
The only lottery ever voted on and en-
dorsed by the people of any State.
u never scales or postpones.
It's Grand SIN q lie N um Der Ora wing .
take place Monthly, and the Semi
Annual Drawings Regularly every
six months, June and December.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN A FORTUNE. SECOND GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS II, IN THE ACADEMY
OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY,
February sth, 1857 = 201st Monthly
Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
Notice-Tickets ale $40 only. Halves
So. Fifths, 50. Tenths 81.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

Sec. and Treas. Board OF Education.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-05

1--WE do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly
and Semi-Annual Drawings of the Louis
lana State Lottery Company, and in per-
son manage and control the Drawings
themselves, and that the same are
conducted with honesty, fairness, and in
good faith towards all parties, and we author
lie the Company to use this certificate, with
fac-similes of our signatures attached, in its
advertisements"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14
Three Rich Young Women.

The three richest yonng women in.
America are the Misses Drexel, Of Phil
adelphia. Their fortunes are not Less
than $4.O0O.OOO each. They are all.
yOung-the oldest twenty-eight. the
youngest twenty-five. Their home in
Philadelphia is a big. plain. four-storied
brown stone front. and when they are
in the country they spend most of their
time at their farmhouse, an old CO.
lonial brick mansion. sixteen miles out
in the country from Philadelphia.
Their home is singularly free from
fancy work and the usual bric-a-bracr
truck with which women ordinarily
love to surround themselves and chief
amusement Of these healthy young
American girls is horseback riding and
the grooming and curry combing of their
thoroughbred steeds. These girls have,
no nonsense about them and are "a.
charitable as any women in the world.
Hundreds live on their bounty. One
supports entirely q home for orphan.-
and they are now building protectory
Tor boys. where two hundred boy, arc.
to be generally modelled. in its manage
ment. after the Girard College, Tut wiz
Be under the direction Of the Catholio.
Church--Brook!yn EegSs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14
r again forget, my daughter, he

never again forget my daughter. he
rejoined.
Over the meeting between mother
and child we draw the vail; but in that
solemn hour the cloud Of grief was
lifted and the sunlight of joy beamed
forth, and Gyp was received into both
heart and home of her parents. Not
even when Harold asked for the pos
session of the jewel he had restored
would they admit of her departure.
NO" Karl said firmly. I'VE have
lost both the childhood and youth OF
our daughter. do not ask us to part
with her now. Wed her if you will,
but our home must be hers
And thus it was agreed, and Harold
received his bride. Back again at Oak
Ridge farm. Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler.
with Gyp. as we shall still call her, and
Harold, her husband.
Law sakesr' said Mrs. Blym, view
ing the young wife in her glory. ITO
think you've married such 4 nice
Iookin' chap. an my Sophronia. after
waitin' 80 long for the schoolmaster,
took up with Jake Prindle, the ne 'er.
do-well that he is!''
Gyp smiled, she was happy. Father
Blym rejoiced at the good fortune of
the waif, and when Mr.. Schuyler pre-
scented check and thanked him for
his charitable intentions, his cup of Joy
was filled.
The old oak was visited. and as the
young couple stood underi its branches.
with the russell leaves falling arounc
them, their thoughts turned to the
happy summer in the past.
1.-The meeting. though incidental.
was fraught with joy" he said.
'Father, mother, husband, home
and love, all came through that day's
meeting by that peaceful streamlet," "
she replied.
Then clasping her husbands arm.
she repeated. in the wonderful voice
that henceforth was only to charm in
the home circle, q stanza from Long
fellows poem:
Nv heart was hot and restless,
And my life was full Of care,
And the burden laid upon me
Seemed greater than could bear.
But now it has fallen from me,
1t is buried in the sea;
And only the sorrows of others
Throw their shadows over me.
Mrs. Jennie N. StrattOn, in C7cre-
land SUn
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14
THE CITY OF GRAFT.


A Bit of CrOatian History Relieved by .
Description of a Pleasant Town.
In leaving Il country so romantic as
Croatia and Slavonia. according to its
dual title, it may not be Improbable
to add Il few facts slightly dry and
statistical regarding its people and
their modes of government, so little
known. 1t has an extensive area and
a great variety of soil and climate. ex-
Tending as it does from the mouth of
the Danube to the Gulf of Fiume. and
thence north to Syria. For political
convenience it is divided into the PROV
inces of Fiume. Kreutze, Warasdin,
BellOvar, etc. The Croats, a branch
of the Slav race, took possession of the
region in the seventh century. 1t was
fought over and belonged successfully
TO the Hungarians and Venetians.
Later. when the Turks threatened
Vienna. it belonged to them, and after
they were expelled part of it fell to
Austria Then Hungary again con-
quered the allegiance of the
Croats and maintained it till the
rebellion $50 called) of 1913, when
Austria, to gain the assistance of
the people. promised them their
independence. A change of policy at
Vienna caused this pledge to be
broken. and they again formed them
selves under Magyar rule, though the
(,rOafinn Parliament did MT cousop< IN
the arrangement till 1860. Since then
Croatia has been unwillingly an inte-
grail part of Hungary and political
factor of the Austrian Empire. The
Croats have in the joint Austro-H unga-
rian Union a minister without a port
folio. In the Hungarian Parliament
they are represented by thirty-four
members in the lower louise and two in
the upper. Their own Diet is curiously
composed. 1t comprises the heads Of
the Roman Catholic and Greek Catho-
lie churches, the prior Of Aurana
Counts. Barons and magnates, with
seventy-seven Deputies. chosen by the
people from town and country. Croa-
tia and Siavonia regulates its own af-
fairs 50 far as relates to education. adj
ministration and religious worship.
The Croats are Catholics and the Serbs
mostly Greek a to religion. The first
use the Roman printed character; the
last employ wha' g called the Cyrillic
slphabet
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14
HORRIBLE TORTURES


List OF tho Various Punishments In1icts d
on Criminals In Former Days.
Among the curious old books in Dr.
Czartoyski's library is one which gives
minute description Of all the differ
ent methods of punishment lawfully
inflicted since the world began. It.
was printed in Leipsic. Germany. in
the year 1897. The text is in German
and Latin. The work is finely printed
in the type of that time. and the inn
preston is yet bright and jet black.
The following is list of the death
penalties described: Execution with
knife; with Ratchet; with an axer
with sword; hanging; suspending a
criminal by passing an iron hook
through the lower jaw. neck. chest.
belly. legs. arms. or other portions of
the body. and letting him hang thus
until death results; twisting the neck,
chOpping the head off with double
edged weighted sword; burying the
criminal in the ground up to the neck
and driving pillow over him, thus
taking off his head; piercing his head.
shoulders and knees with sharp Or
dull nails; burying in the ground and
covering the head with gram. sand,
pillows or other material until the
criminal smOthers; drowning, bleed
ing to death by opening veins in Il
bath; opening the abdomen and re-
moving the bowels; cutting open the
chest and removing the heart; break
ing all the bones of the body on a.
wheel; tearing the flesh off, bit by
Bit. with hot pincers; driving to-
death by chasing the criminal with
wild steers; quartering, cutting the
flesh into strips; impaling, hammering
a sharp stick through the heart; skim
ming alive, stripping the meat off layer
by layer. with iron combs, scraping the
flesh off with currycOmbs; cutting to
pieces slowly. beginning at the extrem--
ties, with wooden or metal shears;
driving wooden splinters through the
chest and abdomen; tearing the body
in twain by bending down tree and
letting it spring; tying to two teams.
CIV va WI eiiVh III VpP'oitS oiCSeO
sabring. beating to death with iron
fails; throwing from cliffs or towers;
inwalling or entombing; stoning to-
death; burying alive; inclosing the
criminal in a barrel in which sharp
spikes are driven and rolling it down
hill; poisoning; death by starvation and
thirst; smothering by placing the GRIM
iial in the hide of a freshly-killed beef
or other animal and sewing him up in
it: fastening the criminal on wild horses
or elkes and turning them loose, cruci--
flying. burning, inclOsing in br;lzen
images and heating the images red-hot;-
inclosing in images which have sharp.
knives projecting from their interior
surface; drowning by drawing the VIC
tim under ship; tying to tree; bury
ing at the surface of the ground. and
passing pillow over the place until the
criminal is split lengthwise; taking out.
the Kidneys; removing the bladder;
tearing out the heart; tearing the lungs.
out; tearing the bowels out.-!Stocksoe-
(Cdi.) Mail
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14

After leaving Croatia yoa- cross the
Draye, q swift stream coming out OF
the Tyrol. whose name is familiar to-
everv American school-boy- There 10
little to attract attention till you reach
Gratz. This is place that casts it's
shadows before. Having nearly 1OO.--
600 inhabitants it is considered in Aus
tria great city. 1t is paradise of
retired Austrian officers. who come
here to pass their declining years. and
if they are decent fellows are allowed
to remain after they die. Before you.
get to Gratz you hear great deal
about it-there are so many people
going there to whom it is the grand
preoccupatiOn of the moment. Among.
the passengers are some of the retired
officers looking sleek and cOntented,
and who excite establishment that their
whole pay being 50 small they cam
maintain such an air of decent re-.
spectability on half of it. With them.-
perhaps. are their wives or daughters,
blonde women of refined air. some
times young. but oftener little passed.
also tastefully dressed. if not in the
height of fashion. Rents and every
thing pertaining todomestic life should
be cheap at Crate to enable decent
poverty, the mode of existence in
which retired officers exist in all coun--
tries. to not only live in a style not in
consistent with their rank, but to find
the place altogether to their taste.--
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.